redsmetz
10-03-2013, 08:13 AM
This is a longish clip of NBC's broadcast of the 4th game of the 1972 World Series. It opens with an intro, a 30 second daily TV spot that this actress Sharon Obeck did telling viewers what would be on NBC that night. She plays to that stereotype that Vaticanplum alluded to in her ejection post.
The rest of the clip is the complete intro of the game, first words from the announcers, the introduction of the players. I didn't remember that Reggie Jackson missed that series due to being injured in the playoffs. Those are followed by a few commercials ("Does a gentleman offer a lady a Tiperillo?") and then the warm up of pitcher Ken Holtzman. Seventy-two year old Lefty Grove threw out the first pitch.
It's always interesting to see this team in their prime - it's prior to the moves that made for the 75/76 teams, although I was surprised to see George Foster made an appearance in this series. And our beloved Reds were hot or cold in the Series, which went to seven games. Bench, Concepcion, McRae and Perez had a good series. Rose, Morgan, Geronimo and Tolan not so much. But still it was our series to win and we lost out in the 7th game.
I didn't make it to any of those games, but I worked downtown that year at a factory on Front Street, the building that ultimately became the Old Spaghetti Factory, now torn down for Paul Brown Stadium. I would go out on the roof for my lunch break and during the series, I heard this noise and saw the Goodyear blimp just gliding above me a few hundred feet. Whoa!
Here's the breakdown on that series:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1972_WS.shtml
And here's the clip:
http://youtu.be/UeF2aP3sIww
The rest of the clip is the complete intro of the game, first words from the announcers, the introduction of the players. I didn't remember that Reggie Jackson missed that series due to being injured in the playoffs. Those are followed by a few commercials ("Does a gentleman offer a lady a Tiperillo?") and then the warm up of pitcher Ken Holtzman. Seventy-two year old Lefty Grove threw out the first pitch.
It's always interesting to see this team in their prime - it's prior to the moves that made for the 75/76 teams, although I was surprised to see George Foster made an appearance in this series. And our beloved Reds were hot or cold in the Series, which went to seven games. Bench, Concepcion, McRae and Perez had a good series. Rose, Morgan, Geronimo and Tolan not so much. But still it was our series to win and we lost out in the 7th game.
I didn't make it to any of those games, but I worked downtown that year at a factory on Front Street, the building that ultimately became the Old Spaghetti Factory, now torn down for Paul Brown Stadium. I would go out on the roof for my lunch break and during the series, I heard this noise and saw the Goodyear blimp just gliding above me a few hundred feet. Whoa!
Here's the breakdown on that series:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1972_WS.shtml
And here's the clip:
http://youtu.be/UeF2aP3sIww